Chapter Fifteen

Tess's Nightmare.

Tess glared at Thrax through tears. "You won't destroy me! My friends will be here any second! You'll see." she yelled. Thrax laughed and grabbed her chin.

"Hmm, so sure your friends will save you? Even that White Ranger eh? I highly doubt it." he cackled. Suddenly, his face changed from a happy look, to a somewhat fearful look. "No, it can't be! This power hasn't been felt in years!" he gasped.

Tess looked at him in confusion. He was about to kill her, and then got scared? She didn't know what to think. "Um, are you OK?" she asked.

"Silence you miserable girl! You will speak when spoken to!" Thrax snapped at her. Two Putties then walked into the room, and Thrax unlocked the straps on the chair, and threw Tess to the Putties. "Take her to the dungeon. Make sure she does not get her Morpher or watch!" he ordered.

The Putties took Tess away, and Thrax literally began shaking in fear. This Power hadn't been felt since his mother and father were alive, and he had only hoped that it wasn't coming to the Moon Palace. He then powered up his Z-Staff and 3 different monsters appeared; Shellshock, Peckster, and Stag Beetle.

"Go to Earth, and destroy the remaining Power Rangers! Take an army of Putties with you!" Thrax ordered. The three monsters nodded, and headed to Earth.

Maralynn sat alone in her room. She felt horrible for what she said to Josh, but just couldn't become close to anyone like she had been with her mother. She didn't want to lose anyone else. She cared too much about Josh and the other Rangers.

It was that reason to why she got annoyed when her Power Watch beeped. "This is Maralynn. Go ahead." she said.

"Hey, it's Karina. Thrax must not want us to find Tess. He sent down three monsters to keep us busy. Um, you can come help if you want, but Vega is taking care of most of them." Karina said over the Power Watch.

"I'm on my way." Maralynn said, sighing. She then teleported off to the battle.

The Rangers had learned a couple of things about Vega's way of fighting in the two months they had become Rangers; he was a creative fighter normally, and when hurting his friends, he became a much more dangerous fighter.

However, they had now learned a third thing: take away his loved ones, and he became a demon like fighter. Every Putty that had been with the monster trio had been destroyed within a two minute period, and now Vega had all three monsters on the ropes. The other three Rangers, who were ready to battle, just watched in amazement.

"I feel as though we should help him." Karina admitted.

"Yeah, same here. But I don't think I want to get in his way." Josh replied.

"He would probably hit us for interfering." Bryn added. They watched as Shellshock was the first monster to fall, followed by Peckster. Stag Beetle then ran behind the three Rangers.

"I may be a monster, but the White Ranger is more intimidating than I am!" Stag Beetle complained. Vega turned around to see Stag Beetle cowering behind the Rangers.

"Get out here! Your boss took Tess away, and now I want her back!" Vega yelled.

"What makes you think I know where she's at?" the monster cried. Josh pulled out his Power Sword, and pointed it at Stag Beetle's throat.

"You want to live? You will tell us where she is at NOW!" he bellowed. He had had a short temper since his conversation with Maralynn, and was willing to use it on any evil being.

"I won't say! Thrax will destroy me!" Stag Beetle said.

"TELL ME WHERE SHE IS NOW!" Vega roared. He pointed Saba at Stag Beetle.

"Vega, calm down!" Saba called to Vega, trying to calm down the White Ranger. It was no use however, Vega would only calm himself when Tess was back safe and sound.

"Alright! She is Thrax's prisoner in the Moon Palace. He has some kind of connection to her apparently, and wants her destroyed!" Stag Beetle confessed.

"Well then, I will kill him before he can kill her." Vega boldly stated. "Be sure to tell Thrax to expect a visit." Stag Beetle nodded, and teleported off back to the Moon Palace.

The other Rangers ran over to Vega. "Are you seriously going to the Moon Palace?" Karina asked.

"Yeah, I am. And I'm not coming back without Tess." Vega replied firmly. Just then Maralynn showed up.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"Well aside from Vega and Josh having anger issues, and Vega wanting to go to the Moon Palace to rescue Tess, nothing much." Bryn told her.

"Anger issues?" Maralynn asked, looking at both boys. Despite the fact he had his helmet on, Maralynn could feel the burn of Josh's glare as he looked at her.

"Well if you all excuse me, I have to find away to the Moon Palace." Vega said, teleporting off.

"I'm going to help him." Josh said also teleporting away. Maralynn just sighed and turned away. Bryn and Karina looked at each other, and approached Maralynn.

"What did you say to him? He has been acting weird all day long, and quite frankly, I don't like it. So spill it." Bryn demanded. If it was one thing the Rangers liked, and disliked about Bryn was that she could be straight forward with people.

"It's none of your concern." Maralynn replied.

"If it comes to destroying our team, then it's all of our concern." Karina added.

Maralynn turned around and glared at the two girls. "I told him I didn't want to be close with anyone due to the fact the last person I was close with, which was my mother, is now dead! I don't want to lose anyone else! I care too much about you all to let you all get hurt! Are you happy now?" she yelled at the two. Before they could answer, Maralynn teleported off.

The two looked at each other. "Ever think that this should be a reality TV Show?" Bryn asked Karina.

"Most of the time." Karina replied. The two then teleported off to the most likely place Vega and Josh would have gone; the Temple.

Tess knew for a fact that Thrax didn't want her to escape. The fact he had her placed in a large room with a cell door at the front was one thing, but he had gone as far as putting two Putty guards at either side, and locking her left ankle in a shackle so she couldn't go to far towards the door.

"This must be his idea of a maximum security prisoner." she muttered under her breath.

The door then opened, and Thrax walked in. Tess took a defensive stance, ready to fight incase he tried something. "Don't bother, fighting me would only prove to be the most worthless thing you could do." Thrax told her.

"Look, I don't know what you want from me, but let me go. I have no problem kicking you ass right now if you don't." she told him boldly.

Thrax laughed, and began walking forward. Tess wasted no time in quickly giving him a kick to the face. Grabbing his face in pain, Thrax didn't have time to anticipate Tess next move: using the chain on her shackle to trip him. Please with herself, Tess didn't realize that Thrax would recover from her attack that quickly. He pulled on her chain, causing her to fall, then grabbed her throat, and slammed her into a wall.

"You will regret that girl!" he yelled. Tess's eyes widened in fear. Seeing this, Thrax then felt a sharp pain in his chest, and pulled away, letting go of Tess. Looking at her, he asked, "Are you alright?" in a tone she had never heard before.

"Um, yeah. Are you?" she asked, unsure if she should be asking the person who is trying to kill her if he is alright.

Thrax then grabbed his chest, and glared up at her. "What did you do?" he yelled.

"I didn't do anything!" she cried.

"Bullshit!" he yelled again. Suddenly, his face turned into pure fear. The enormous power he had felt was getting closer to the Moon Palace. He turned to the Putty guards. "Get her ready. We may have a visitor coming." he told them, walking out of the cell.

At the Temple, the Rangers were trying to talk Vega out of his plan. "Dude, you can't go up there alone." Josh told him sternly.

"What do you want me to do? Stand here and wait around for him to kill her?" He snapped at Josh. Everyone cringed. Vega never spoke like that to anyone, not even to Tess, or Josh.

"Vega, Josh is right. You cannot do this mission alone. Take another Ranger with you." Ninjor advised. Vega looked at Josh.

"You're my best friend dude. I need your help." Vega told him.

Josh smiled. "You got it." he told Vega. He then turned to Bryn, and Karina. "I need you two, and Maralynn to take care of any monster battle."

"No problem." Bryn assured him.

"We got it." Karina added

"It's Morphin Time!" Josh called.

"White Ranger Power!"

"Red Ranger Power!"

The two boys then teleported off to the Moon Palace, determined to save Tess.

At the Moon Palace, Thrax was sitting on his throne, waiting for the powerful force to arrive. King Sphinx stood off to one side, and Goldar stood off to the other side, restraining Tess, whose wrists were shackled. Sphinx was holding on to the pouch holding her Morpher and Power Watch.

"Where is that force coming from Master?" Goldar asked.

"I don't know you twit!" Thrax yelled.

"Would you happen to mean us?" a voice rang out. Vega and Josh then jumped into the Throne Room, and a battle between Thrax, King Sphinx, Josh, and Vega broke out. Goldar continued to restrain Tess, who struggled agasint his grip.

"Vega! I knew you would come for me!" she cried.

"Always will!" Vega called back. He used Saba to strike Thrax quickly, then Saba shot out two eyebeams that broke Tess's shackles. She then turned around and kicked Goldar, sending him to the ground.

Josh grabbed the pouch from Sphinx, and tossed it to Tess, who pulled out her Morpher. "It's Morphin Time!" she called out.

"Yellow Ranger Power!"

She morphed, and began attacking Thrax. Vega then began his usual fight on Goldar, and Josh with King Sphinx. Soon the battle was coming to a close, and as usual, Vega, and Josh were winning.

Tess used her Power Daggers on Thrax, and sent him to the ground. "This will teach you to try and kill me!" she yelled.

Thrax grabbed his chest in pain, and suddenly reverted to a human form. Tess gasped, and dropped her Power Daggers, looking at the man laying before her.

"Daddy?" she asked, full of shock.

So Thrax is Tess's father? What a twist! What will this mean for her? How will this affect the Rangers fight against evil?

Next Time on MMPR:NG- The three Rangers manage to leave the Moon Palace, before the Powerful Force shows up. However, with Tess now in a shock, the Rangers must use more power than they thought possible.